White House invitations hashish memo from activist (Newsletter: March 6, 2025)

Vets’ marijuana & psychedelics testimony to Congress; NH legalization; MT anti-cannabis payments die; CA fairness grants; Study: Marijuana cuts opioid use

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A White House staffer has invited longtime drug policy reform activist Howard Wooldridge of Citizens Opposing Prohibition to submit a memo making the case for why President Donald Trump should back federal cannabis legalization, he instructed Marijuana Moment.

Officials with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States spoke about the need to increase access to medical cannabis and psychedelic therapy at a joint listening to of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees.

The New Hampshire House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee approved bills to legalize simple possession of marijuana and double medical cannabis possession limits, whereas the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee paused laws to legalize and regulate a industrial leisure marijuana market.

A Montana senator’s bills to require consumers to register and pay a $200 annual fee to legally use recreational marijuana and to set a 15 percent THC limit on all cannabis products appear to be dead for the session after robust pushback from advocates and trade.

The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development awarded $18.4 million in marijuana tax-funded grants to cities and counties to support equity cannabis businesses and applicants, and to “reduce and eliminate the illicit cannabis market by bringing more people into the legal marketplace.”

A new study found that “participants reporting daily cannabis use exhibited higher rates of [opioid] cessation in comparison with much less frequent customers or non-users.”

• “Our findings add to the growing evidence supporting the potential benefits of cannabis use among” individuals who use medication.

The Texas Senate State Affairs Committee held a contentious hearing on a bill to ban consumable hemp products containing THC that the lieutenant governor sees as a precedence however which faces unsure prospects within the House.

/ FEDERAL

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board has new members.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett stated new tariffs on different nations are “not a trade war, it’s a drug war.”

Reps. Lou Correa (D-CA) and Jack Bergman (R-MI) mentioned their bipartisan work for psychedelics reform.

The House invoice to continue applying the 280E tax penalty on marijuana businesses after rescheduling obtained one new cosponsor for a complete of seven.

/ STATES

The Arizona House of Representatives handed a invoice to limit marijuana promoting.

The Idaho House State Affairs Committee permitted laws to amend the state Constitution to permit solely the legislature to legalize marijuana and different medication, stopping residents from doing so by way of poll initiatives.

The Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee held a listening to on marijuana regulators’ finances request.

The Florida House Combined Workgroup on Hemp met.

An Alabama senator denied an activist’s declare that he instructed her to purchase medical hashish “off the street” amid delays in launching the state’s authorized program.

The Missouri Supreme Court is contemplating a case on stacking of county and municipal marijuana taxes.

New Jersey regulators posted steerage about hashish testing.

California regulators introduced a recall of marijuana merchandise because of an inaccurate ingredient checklist label and lack of excellent manufacturing practices.

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/ LOCAL

The Denver, Colorado City Council permitted laws on psychedelics enterprise licensing.

The Detroit, Michigan City Council handed a measure to ban marijuana and e-cigarette adverts inside a 1,000-foot radius of kid care facilities, faculties, libraries, parks and different related places.

/ INTERNATIONAL

The Israeli Knesset gave preliminary approval to a medical hashish regulation invoice.

/ SCIENCE & HEALTH

A research concluded that CBD is “a novel therapeutic for the treatment of liver diseases.”

A research discovered that the “combined effects of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol alleviate migraine-like symptoms in mice.”

/ BUSINESS

SHF Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Safe Harbor Financial negotiated a positive debt modification with Partner Colorado Credit Union.

/ CULTURE

Tom Green and Bill Maher spoke about how marijuana has grow to be rather more mainstream for the reason that Eighties and Nineteen Nineties.

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